SANTANA-SOUL SACRIFICE-LIVE 1969 Woodstock HD-Dolby Pro LogicII.mp4

"SOUL SACRIFICE"
SANTANA Live at Woodstock 1969
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"Instrumental"
"Probably the best known version of Soul Sacrifice is that which was immortalized as Santana's Final song at Woodstock, which features an especially inspired drum solo by a teenaged Michael Shrieve playing way beyond his years."

SANTANA is a Latin rock band. Founded in San Francisco during the late 1960s, it is based around the compositions and playing of lead guitarist and founder Carlos Santana. The band first came to widespread public attention when their performance of their Latin rock song "Soul Sacrifice" at Woodstock in 1969 provided a contrast to other acts on the bill. This exposure helped propel their first album, also named Santana, into a hit, followed in the next two years by the successful Abraxas and Santana III. In the years that followed lineup changes were common. Carlos Santana's increasing involvement with guru Sri Chinmoy took the band into more esoteric music, though never quite losing its initial Latin influence. In 1998, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with Carlos Santana, Jose Chepito Areas, David Brown, Gregg Rolie, Mike Carabello and Michael Shrieve being honored. The band has earned eight Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, the latter all in 2000. Carlos also won Grammy Awards as a solo artist in 1989 and 2003. Santana has sold more than 90 million records worldwide, making them one of the world’s best-selling groups of all time. In 2013, Santana announced a reunion of the classic line-up for a new record, predicting a 2014 release. The band was formed in 1967 in San Francisco as the Carlos Santana Blues Band with the help of Tom Fraser. The first established members were Carlos Santana (lead guitar), Marcus Malone (percussion), Rod Harper (drums), David Brown (bass guitar) and Gregg Rolie (lead vocals, Hammond Organ B3). The group's first audition with this line up was at the Avalon Ballroom in the late summer of 1967. After the audition, Chet Helms the promoter, in concert with The Family Dogg, told the band that they would never make it in the San Francisco Music Scene playing Latin fusion and suggested Carlos keep his day job washing dishes at Tick Tock's Drive-In on 3rd Street. In 1969 Santana was announced as one of the performers at the Woodstock Festival and gained the crowds respect playing the Latin rock song "Soul Sacrifice" in a frenzied perfectly performed pace at Woodstock. The band started recording their 1969 debut album Santana in May 1969 and finished it in a month which peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard 200 pop chart with the single "Evil Ways" being a top 10 single in the US.
"Soul Sacrifice" is an instrumental written and recorded by the American rock group Santana. Identified as one of the highlights of the 1969 Woodstock festival and documentary film, "Soul Sacrifice" features extended guitar passages by Carlos Santana and a percussion section with a solo by drummer Mike Shrieve. It is included as the final track on their 1969 debut album, Santana and on several live and compilation albums. "Soul Sacrifice" was one of Santana's earliest compositions. Carlos Santana recalled the group wrote it when bassist David Brown joined. It has been described as "a perfect example of the amalgam of old-world guaguanco rhythms and strictly American licks" and includes "interplay between Santana and [Gregg] Rolie... hammered home by [Mike] Carabello's and [Jose 'Chepito'> Area's congas and the sinuous drums and bass of [Mike] Shrieve and Brown". Before its release on their album, Santana, then a largely unknown band, performed "Soul Sacrifice" as their closing number at Woodstock. "They were the only act to play without a record; it was unparalleled. Santana went from Woodstock to being in global demand almost overnight". In several interviews, Santana recalled experiencing the effects of psychedelics during the performance, but got it together for the finale. "By the time we got to 'Soul Sacrifice', I had come back from a pretty intense psychedelic journey. Ultimately, I felt we had plugged in to a whole lot of hearts at Woodstock". The Woodstock soundtrack album reached number one in the Billboard 200 album chart; helped by the publicity generated by their Woodstock performance of "Soul Sacrifice".

Lyrics-"Instrumental"

"SOUL SACRIFICE"

Most of Soul Sacrifice is based on a rhythmic three chord pattern: Am - C - Dm - C - Am. This pattern is introduced by the whole band in the beginning, then fades into the background to provide a foundation for the melody -- played on guitar -- followed by a lengthy guitar solo. Of course the harmonic structure lends itself perfectly to Carlos Santana's Dorian mode bent.

Following the guitar solo, the organ gets its props, after which there is a substantial drum solo. Then the guitar takes a second solo. During the second guitar solo, the harmonic center is shifted to D, in a natural minor (Aeolian mode), which is also carried by the guitar. (This could also be considered as staying in A, and modulating to Phrygian mode.)

At the end, after switching back to Am (Dorian mode), the band reprises the initial three chord pattern, segueing into full-band hits on the Am chord.

Such a solo/jam oriented song could have become a dreary, unending affair in the hands of lesser musicians. Santana's members, however, combine their individual flair for hooky melodies and rhythms, with an almost uncanny ability to "read" each other, and create a memorable piece.

Since Santana has played -- and continues to play -- this song for many, many shows, there are numerous recorded versions. Probably the best known version of Soul Sacrifice is that which was immortalized as Santana's Finale song at Woodstock, which features an especially inspired drum solo by a teenaged Michael Shrieve playing way beyond his years.


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